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Actually, it turned out that the play in the pinion gear was due to the bottom bushing having slight side to side play in the hole in the frame. Youtube shows the bushings just being popped into place, but I rotated the bushings 90 degrees to fit snugly and that elimianted the side to side...

I installed the new idler pulleys and the tractor now runs fine (so far) with no belt slippage. I cut the back hill and went up the steep side about 20 times with no hesitation at all. It did get stuck once going over an exposed tree root but the rear tire spun as it should, instead of the...

Well the new pulleys just arrived. Am I wrong in thinking that I should be to put my finger through the bearing and give the pulley a spin and it should spin freely for several seconds? Like at the 1 minute mark in this youtube video Neither of the new pulleys will spin at all. They turn...

Thanks. That's good news on the transmission. Hmm, that would explain the mystery of why the problem started when the new belt was installed. If it may be a matter of the new belt just needing a "break in" period, if it's still slipping after installing the new pulleys, would you suggest the...

There is also the issue that I had no problem until I changed the belt, so after I put the new pulleys on (ordered from AMazon for delivery tomorrow), I may still have to try your suggestion of a wider/smaller belt

So I meant, the belt was able to turn the pulley but the bad bearing is obviously creating drag. Just not sure if that is enough drag to cause the belt to slip

I meant that I stuck my finger thru the bearing on the flat pulley and the pulley would actually spin freely. When I did that with the V pulley, it can manually be turned without really feeling like it's binding but it does not spin freely, so the bearing is bad.

OK, so this is what I found today. First I did the transmission hill test. I wasn't sure what level of slope you meant to use so I did a few different slopes. First I did it onthe back yard hill that is giving me problems trying to come up. First test was on the right side, where the tractor is...

I'll do the hill test tomorrow and see where I stand

Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately, I no longer have the old belt to do the length comparison gain. I did do basically what you are suggesting when I first installed the belt a couple months ago and it was slipping. I measured the old belt with a piece of string. I didnt take the new...

Yes, the duct tape"fix" is definitely pretty redneck but without knowing how much longer the tractor is going to make it up that hill, it just don't seem to make sense to spend money on a new steering shaft, especially since I don't know if that slight wear on it is the actual problem. I...

I managed to get the pinion gears closer. I tried a few things but I think what might have made a difference was that the steering shaft was lightly worn where it fits through the bushings. Reluctant to throw any more money into a 16 year old tractor with 680 hours on it, I tried wrapping some...

This is with the new bushings installed. The new gears are definitely not meshing well?

I believe you are correct, upon closer inspection, there is quite a bit of play between the steering shaft and both bushings. I assume they should be a pretty snug fit? I alos discovered that the reason that the sector gear rocks up and down is a built in depression in the frame above it (see...

What am I looking for to determine if the shaft bushing is worn? The pinion gear is very tight on the shaft

That's what I wanted to clarify first, if it is normal for the sector gear to rock up and down at the sides. If yours is doing it too and not gouging the gears it may be normal

got me wondering if bolt #22 didnt go thru cleanly and the gear is hung up on the shoulder of the bolt. I'll check that tomorrow.

that's a brand new bolt and bushing

i didn't replace the bushing but there doesn't seem to be any play at all in the pinion gear. The problem seems to be excessive play in the sector gear. Where it connects to the linkage to the wheels, it moves up and down about 1/2" so the gears are meshing at an angle and getting chewed up...

I replaced the steering sector gear and steering pinion gear on my JD LA140 because the old gears were chewed up and the steering wasn't working properly. I used genuine JD parts. After only one cut the new gears are starting to get chewed up. I assume it is because the steering gear rocks up...

I have a Snapper tractor with a B&S model 287707 0228 01 The battery is not charging. I'm measuring 12.6 volts DC at the batter with the tractor running AND I'm mesuring 26 volts AC at the battery. Does the fact that I am seeing AC voltage at the battery mean I have a bad regulator? I looked...